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    Engine oil?

    What engine oil do you use in the Beat?

    10W30 What Honda recomment
    Or 10W40?

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    A good quality 10W40.

    Something like Mobil Super S or Castrol Magnatec

    2.7 Litres including filter
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    I have changed to Castrol Magnatec, it's a little more cost but since I've started using it after getting the car I have not had any smoke issues.

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    Silkolene pro s. Expensive at £50 for 4 litres, but then again it's got a job to do and I never could understnd people that spend thousands on a car then use the cheapest crap oil possible to save a few quid

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve_M View Post
    A good quality 10W40.

    Something like Mobil Super S or Castrol Magnatec

    2.7 Litres including filter
    So there is no problem to use 10w40 in stead off 10w30?

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    You will struggle to find any range of 10W 30 oil in the UK, its not a grade that is normally used, Don't forget Japan does have a completely differant climate to the UK.

    As you can see from the chart below 10W 40 covers the same range as 10W30.
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    Thanks!

    that was all i need to know

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    oil additive???

    After a thousans kms or so of fairly quick driving, my dipstick now shows about halfway. I'm wondering about some oil additive rather than topping up with 10W-40 at this point/ Does anyone use any additive, or have you found any benefit in using aomething? I'd say that my car has low-normal consumption, no smoke, etc.


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